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TO ALL WHOM AIT MAY CONCERN Be it known that I, J. R. COLE, of Kenton Station, in the county of Obion, and State of. Tennessee, have invented a new and improved Hydrostatie Machine and I do hereby Ideclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing, forming partV of this specification, and in which the drawing represents a side elevation of my invention, the side wall next to the spectator being removed in order to show the interior construction of the apparatus.

i lhe object of this invention is to construct a machine which, by the application of butV little power, will raise a stream of water to any desired height, to furnish motive-power for machinery or for other purposes.

Similar vletters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the drawing. i

yIn the drawing, A represents the various parts of the enclosing case or box, which contains the most of my apparatus, and B B represent the partitions within it between its different apartments.

Inside of the box A are four chambers or compartments, C D F, the chamber C extending along the bottoni of tbe machine from side toside; the chamber D directly over the right-hand end of chamber C, as shown in the drawing, and the chamber E above the chamber D.- F is a chamber over the centre of the lower chamber C, and adjoining both chambers D and E. A

n open pipe, P, leads through 'the partition B, from chamber C to chamber D, its lower end terminating in the upper part of chamberfC, and its upper end extending to about the middle ofchambor D. P is la.

similar pipe, extending from chamber D to chamber'E, its lower end coming downnearly to the floor of chamber D,'and its upper end reaching about to the middle of chamber E. P is another pipe, extending from chamber E to another chamber above, or to the open air.

G is' aforos-pump, by means of which water is forced into the lower chamber C, whence it rises, through pipe P, into chamber D, and, owing over the top of the pipe P, fills the lower portion of thev chamber D.

After it rises above the bottom of pipe P, it begins to condense the air in chamber D, the elasticity of which, reacting upon it, forces itrup through pipe P into chamber E, where it flows from the pipe, ills the lowcrportion of the chamber, and is vforced up pipe P into the chamberabove, or into the open air,'in the same manner as it was forced into chamber E.

H is a second force-pump, similar-to thepump' G, but operating to. force the water into the lower part of chamber D, as shown in the drawing. Both pumps may be operated by the same shaft, by means of a workingbeam, The speed with which water will then be elevated through the several chambers D, E, Snc., will be doubled. Y

An additional force may be also brought to bear in each chamber, D, 'E, &c., from the chamber-F. To accomplish this purpose, an apparatus must be provided, consisting of the short pipes pp, one leading froml chamber C, and one from chamber D, .into chamber F, each pipe being provided with a valve, seating-downward, to prevent the water'from Howing back from chamber F. 'In addition to these pipes, another long pipe, p, is inserted, extending from near the bottom oi' chamber F to the upper part of chamberDor chamber E.

As the pumps G H are worked, the water from chambers C and D will be forced alternately through the small pipespp into chamber 4F, and will securise above the bottom of the Vlong pipepf. As it continues to risc in and around the pipe p, it will 'compress the air in the pipe,;and so help to compress the air in the chami b'cr D or E, with which thc pipe communicates. If any water is forced over through pipe p", from chamber F, i'n'to chamber D or E, such water will fall to the bottom and contribute its volume towards compressing theair in the chamber, and forcing out, through the pipe communicating with the chamber above, an equal quantity of water. l

Only one pipe, p, is shown in the drawing, and that leading into chamber E. A similar one may be used in conjunction ivith it, leading into chamber D, and another leading to the chamber above chamber E, if the series of chambers should extend so far.

Having thus described my invention,l what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the chambenF, providedavith, the short pipes'p p', and the pipes p, with the pumps 'G Hand the chambers C DE, substantially as and for,the purposes described.

2. The combination and arrangement, for the purpose described, of the chambers C D EF, ppesppp", PP P, and pumps Gr H, thc latter working alternately, so as to maintain a constant pressure upon the'water in the chambers, substantially n-thc manner specified.

To the above specification of my improvementI have signed my hand, this fourteenth day of September, 1867.

JAMES R. COLE.f

Witnesses i J. McKENNEY, W: A. MGKENNEY. 

